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ERIC Number: EJ104804
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1974
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The Challenge of Scientific Literacy
Smith, Norman F.
Science Teacher, 41, 6, 34-35, Sep 74
Presents a discussion of the concept of scientific literacy from the perspective that this concept is a challenge to our abilities to understand, to verify, and to evaluate and apply rather than a goal to be sought. (PEB)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Science Education, Scientific Attitudes, Scientific Enterprise, Scientific Literacy, Teacher Education, Teaching Methods
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